Elissa Biography:
(born October 27, 1972 in Deir el Ahmar, Lebanon)Lebanese singer Elissa is one of the most well-known female singers in the Arab world. Born to a lebanese father and a syrian mother, Elissa was raised in the Bekaa valley. She earned a degree in Political Science from the Lebanese University.

Elissa is a Lebanese singer. She’s one of those rising new stars who are ahead of her generation, though she has released only two albums, she’s a star. Her start was big. Her first album (Baddi Doub) was released in 1998. It was one of the largest selling Album in Lebanon and the Middle East. She sold over 100.000 copies Cd’s and Mc’s combined. She performed the big hit (Baddi Doub) with a very well known French Artist (Gerard Ferrer) and was supported by a video clip filmed in black and white, and it’s still on high rotation on most Tv’s in the Middle East.

Her second Album (W’akherta Maak) was released in Sep 2000.She performed a Duo with the Lebanese Super Star Ragheb Alame” Bitghib Bitrouh” filmed also in black and white. This Duo was a big success in Summer 2000. Another Video clip was performed from the same album “W’akherta Maak” which pushed once more the album to a number 1 selling all around Lebanon and the Middle East. Both videos were high raters and still on high rotation.

Her third album “Aayshalak” is released in June 2002 supported by a video clip by the title of the album, filmed in Paris by the famous French director “Fabrice Begotti” and she was officially dressed up by Christian Dior-Paris and so as the Make up. This is the first time for Chrsitian Dior to do officially this event with an Arabic Artist.

Elissa Lebanese singer has recorded a song “Duo with Chris De Burgh” by the title of “Lebanese nights” which was composed and arranged by Chris De Burgh himself and produced by “Chris Porter” and recorded at Chris Porter’s Studio- Salisbury “United Kingdom”. This song was inspired By “Chris De Burgh” when he visited Lebanon in the year 2000, while he was in a Lebanese restaurant “Abd El Wahab”. At that time he decided to sing for Lebanon with a Lebanese artist and he chose Elissa.

This song will be featured on the new Album of “Chris De Burgh” in August, which will be released worldwide. In this song, Elissa has featured as a special appearance and performed in both Languages “Arabic and English”. The single will be played on all Lebanese Radio Stations in July 2002.

Elissa’s events within those years were too many, but the most important were: Performance with Sting on the Pyramids “Cairo”, and as a first and only Arabic Artist, she performed to the Ex President of the United States of America “Bill Clinton” for the “Stars charity show “ in Dubai in the presence of Queen of Jordan “Queen Rania” and Crown Prince of Dubai “ Sheikh Mohamad Bin Rached Al Maktoum”.
Elissa won the "World Music Award" award for "Best Selling Artist of the Middle East" in 2005 and 2006. She was the first Lebanese to win this award.

 

Elissa Latest News:
In an interview Elissa was asked if she was going to make a duet with Fadel Shaker, Elissa answered by saying that it all started when she heard that Fadel Shaker said in a press conference that he wants to do a duet with her, Elissa said that she accepted to do it, however, she continued to say that Shaker later changed his mind and doesn't want to do the duet with her anymore, however, Shaker changed his mind again and stated in a recent interview that a duet with Elissa will be released soon.



Elissa is preparing to re-sign a new contract with her production company Rotana, after many rumors saying she is going to leave Rotana for several problems, one of them doesn't showing her sales for her latest album "Ayami Bik" for iFIP the administrators of World Music Awards winners.

The Arabian Business Magazine has chosen Elissa the Most Powerful Female Singer after she came on the 38th position among the 'The Worlds Most Influential Arabs'.
 

 See Also:

• www.elissalb.com

• www.oghnia.com

• www.fanoos.com

• en.wikipedia.org

• www.musicoflebanon.com

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